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| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| ISBN 13 | 9781421426792 |
| Book Description | Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed? Will our lifestyles impoverish the planet for our children and grandchildren? Is the world sick? Can it be healed? Less than a lifetime ago, these questions would have made no sense. This was not because our ancestors had no impact on nature-nor because they were unaware of the serious damage they had done. What people lacked was an idea: a way of imagining the web of interconnection and consequence of which the natural world is made. Without this notion, we didn't have a way to describe the scale and scope of human impact upon nature. This idea was "the environment." In this fascinating book, Paul Warde, Libby Robin, and Sverker Soerlin trace the emergence of the concept of the environment following World War II, a period characterized by both hope for a new global order and fear of humans' capacity for almost limitless destruction. It was at this moment that a new idea and a new narrative about the planet-wide impact of people's behavior emerged, closely allied to anxieties for the future. Now we had a vocabulary for talking about how we were changing nature: resource exhaustion and energy, biodiversity, pollution, and-eventually-climate change. With the rise of "the environment," the authors argue, came new expertise, making certain kinds of knowledge crucial to understanding the future of our planet. The untold history of how people came to conceive, to manage, and to dispute environmental crisis, The Environment is essential reading for anyone who wants to help protect the environment from the numerous threats it faces today. |
| Editorial Review | This is a highly recommended book that agricultural and rural historians will appreciate the significance of in tracing the history of the environment. It will be of interest to a wide academic readership, including historians of the environment, ideas, politics, science and technology. More importantly, this book deserves to be read by the wider public as it explains how perceptions of the environment have evolved relative to the history of the twentieth century. Understanding this history can inform contemporary responses to present and future environmental issues. * Agricultural History Review * Demonstrates the power of history to speak into the present. A wonderfully succinct, compelling, and revealing piece of writing. * Australian Book Review |
| About the Author | Paul Warde is Professor of environmental history at the University of Cambridge, England. Libby Robin is Emeritus Professor at The Australian National University. Sverker Soerlin is Professor of environmental history at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology and a cofounder of the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Sverker Soerlin, Paul Warde, Libby Robin |
| Publication Date | 30 Nov 2018 |
| Number of Pages | 256 |
The Environment: A History Of The Idea hardcover english - 30 Nov 2018
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